palliate

pal·li·ate

 (păl′ē-āt′)

tr.v. pal·li·at·ed, pal·li·at·ing, pal·li·ates

1.

a. To make less severe or intense; mitigate. See Synonyms at relieve.

b. To alleviate the symptoms of (a disease or disorder).

2. To make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate.

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[Middle English palliaten, from Late Latin palliāre, palliāt-, to cloak, palliate, from Latin pallium, cloak.]

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pal′li·a′tion n.

pal′li·a′tor n.

palliate

(ˈpælɪˌeɪt)

vb (tr)

1. to lessen the severity of (pain, disease, etc) without curing or removing; alleviate; mitigate

2. to cause (an offence) to seem less serious by concealing evidence; extenuate

[C16: from Late Latin palliāre to cover up, from Latin pallium a cloak, pallium]

ˌpalliˈation n

ˈpalliˌator n

pal•li•ate

(ˈpæl iˌeɪt)

v.t. -at•ed, -at•ing.

1. to relieve without curing; mitigate; alleviate: to palliate a chronic disease.

2. to try to mitigate or conceal the gravity of (an offense) by excuses, apologies, etc.; extenuate.

[1540–50; < Late Latin palliātus cloaked, covered. See pallium, -ate¹]

pal`li•a′tion, n.

pal′li•a`tor, n.

palliate

Past participle: palliated
Gerund: palliating

Imperative

palliate

palliate

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	palliate - lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime" extenuate, mitigate law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" apologise, rationalize, apologize, rationalise, justify, excuse - defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
	2.	palliate - provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches" alleviate, relieve, assuage soothe - cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation" comfort, ease - lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs" ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

palliate

verb

1. To conceal or make light of a fault or offense:

explain away, extenuate, gloss over, gloze (over), sleek over, whitewash.

2. To make less severe or more bearable:

allay, alleviate, assuage, comfort, ease, lessen, lighten, mitigate, relieve.

Translations

beschönigen

pallier

lenireminimizzarepalliativo

paliar

palliate

[ˈpælɪeɪt] VT (frm) → paliar, mitigar

palliate

vt (form)

disease → lindern

offence, seriousness of situation (= make less serious) → mildern; (= make seem less serious) → beschönigen